from a golden soto hotel princess in bangkok radisson hotel bangkok dream hotel bangkok seven cells until a grand bangkok qantas if a coach told michael grimm hotel bankole close anthony fine call a role in the radio. nato and steps come out of the no fly zone over libya but not the full control of the military operation while here in the capital city it strikes continue to pound pretty. also this hour angry protests in brussels even leaders meet to discuss some new spending cuts continuing to splash billions on military campaigns in prague. and japan widens the evacuation zone around the damaged fukushima power plant saying the area is receiving a year's dose of radiation per day reactor three of the facility has reportedly

been damaged years of further contamination and also. anything anyone could possibly imagine and turn to war crimes that were committed for a week through the american forces that we meet a u.s. iraq veteran who will burn the bridges back to his home country after witnessing what he calls a farce of war. and the observation of assets will deal between oil majors will snap and b.p. has been blocked by stockholm's arbitration tribunals find out more not business in which we're going to stop. watching artsy live from moscow our top story this hour nato has agreed to take command of the libyan no fly zone but stop short of except in full military control

alliance chief anders fogh rasmussen said the u.s. will hand over operational responsibility to nato within days meanwhile fresh air strikes are being reported in the libyan capital tripoli our correspondent polis there is there for us and now joins us live although the coalition operation has been to go. going on for almost a week now one of the consequences been so far for libya. well if we look specifically at the question of how many civilians have been killed and injured with circuit hearing from coalition partners that they are not targeting civilians but here on the ground a very different story being painted state television and indeed the libyan government says more than a hundred civilians have so far been killed now i did attend a mass funeral for more than thirty people the graves were laid out the coffins were laid out the mood they though was essentially one of anger they were easily three four five hundred people and they were shouting names cozy of dharma for the international community to stay out of internal affairs so the mood there

a lot more angry then there are a funeral procession a different group of journalists were taken to a local hospital here in tripoli and there they filmed more than a dozen a charred bodies now they were told that these were civilians but it's always very difficult to determine who were the burned bodies and indeed who were the bodies in those coffins a government spokesperson has said that among those bodies no doubt there are fighters but if you listen to the words of the sheriff talking at that funeral position he said that all libyans are fighters so again begging the question in terms of the difference between civilians and fighters we're also hearing rumors that bodies are being brought in from other fighting seem to such as the we are and that they've been presented here as casualties as civilian casualties of these airstrikes. but there was agreed to take the lead in the no fly zone over libya is that likely to change the course of the military operation where do you hearing on the ground there. the first question that people are asking is what effect have

these airstrikes which have been going on for nearly a week actually had on the ground now throughout this week there has intensified in the town of misrata which is the last rebel held town in the waist of this country and only today we're hearing the first reports that fighting there has sub judice between somewhat. rebel and government forces in there for the first time people are actually able to leave their homes but we still are hearing very worrying reports of the hospital remains under fire that snipers opposition they're preventing people from entering and leaving and then if you look at the other towns like agita here which is the next main town after bengazi there rebel fighters have been able to advance for more than a week they are now literally waiting this fight out on the perimeter and hoping that it after his forces will run out of supplies and at that stage they'll be able to actually make a difference so the word from rebels on the ground is that they want more airstrikes they're actually calling for more weapons and i think among them there's even the hope that they could be grand forces eventually same tin and again people are revisiting that u.n. resolution that talks about all necessary measures to bring the fighting on the

ground to an end the war in questions those are that if the international community needs to get further involved in terms of the fight on the ground at the moment it's happening in urban areas so that does run the risk of there being more casualties the other worrying factor of course is also the fact that despite these airstrikes there's been no political or military recruiting into duffy's position and despite the fact that we've heard that he's a capability has been taken out just yesterday there was a libyan plane that was trying to take off or trying to land we're not even exactly clear on the details but it certainly was shot down by a french plane and that was in breach of this no fly zone people here say doesn't really matter in terms of who commands the no fly operation but certainly the rebels understand that if you're looking at a much broader coalition than just american and canadian planes taking charge you do run the risk of this operation being vetoed which is in essence what happened with turkey in terms of why nato still needs to decide for

a few more days whether or not it's going to take control of the full operation here in tripoli the mood is incredibly tense overnight there were it strikes in the east in the weights on the city we are now focused on the day friday prayers we've been told that security in the center of the town. it's incredibly tense and people ration for some kind of demonstrations and the city is running out of fuel and we're being told that in the next few days they could simply be no gas in any of the picture stations here but when you course will continue to track the situation in the libyan capital for now obviously are live from tripoli. now the u.n. says it's extremely concerned over the humanitarian situation and human rights violations in libya however not enough date has been provided to those who need it u.n. officials saying that food supply lines have been disrupted official figures suggest over three hundred thousand people have already fled libya as artistic work is going on reports people are fleeing the country we saw scores of refugees coming

out of libya and according to the united nations over three hundred thousand people have already for the country it's thought that nearly ten thousand refugees are purely at libya's borders with egypt and tunisia and dozens of more are expected to join them so this kind of gives a picture on the humanitarian situation in the great she we spoke with one family the war from being ghazi really describe the situation the terrible he said it was absolutely impossible for them to live there anymore so they decided to wait it out in egypt she was happening immediate come back if things settle down we also told us that there are some of the gaddafi supporters who are acting undercover inside bin guys the war captured by the opposition so in that sense there's still activity going on in the bin guys the itself just on thursday the united nations met to

discuss the humanitarian situation in the country strongly criticizing what's what's happening there and actually judging by these figures over three hundred thousand people already. libya it's a real humanitarian cry. it says. for the mean goal well it's a military operation to reinforce the no fly zone which was to help ordinary libyans still has not been achieved. well carol it's a land say from the trends research institute says nato is just a cover for the u.s. and the libyan missin is about gaining control of the country's oil when people get killed or there are strikes in afghanistan that kill innocent people they always use the term nato it's mostly the us and yes the prime minister of turkey is one hundred percent correct again the hypocrisy is before our very own eyes so all this is is the united states doing what it's become accustomed to do and that is attack

any country it wants to at any time any reason that it could make up and the new reason that they made up is perfectly orwellian a humanitarian crisis so you kill people to solve the humanitarian crisis and you take dictators out that you don't like because really what's behind this and i've said it before would united states be in iraq if their major export was broccoli or would they be in libya. if they weren't holding on to the sweetest of sweet crude oil on the planet. now several members of the un including russia have expressed their concern over the right risk to civilians in libya as nato forces continue their bombardment and as artsy as i was to see a turk on the reports the events in libya echo nato bombings in the balkans twelve years ago. in march seasons change sunshine invites americans onto the streets

american politicians invite themselves to foreign countries. marsh nine hundred ninety nine the u.s. and its nato allies bomb yugoslavia armed forces joined our nato allies and airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo march two thousand and eleven america's next democratic president and a new coalition of the willing to attack libya the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution that demands and up to the violence against others. that authorizes the use of force it was sanctioned by the un security council in contrast to the bombings of the sabia there was no such green light to the one nine hundred ninety nine and the bombings were led by needle the first time a military alliance atop the sovereign nation nonito member causing no threat to the group similarly libya poses an old style threat and there are other striking

parallels between the conduct of these wars the enemy then slaughtered on the loss of each job the new hitler the enemy of today the eccentric one market and power for over forty years now similarly villainize by the us colonel qadhafi these just stepped down from power and leave the goal now and back then getting rid of a leader no longer favored by the west taking sides with a questionable opposition in what started as a civil war what we're seeing is a four fledged war including attacking me i would only to kill the head of state of the targeted country and other leaders of the government that again as you know a page from the yugoslav book of twelve years ago. what is the world learned evidently not much the official reason for western involvement and so-called humanitarian mission a term coined and in the bombings of nine hundred ninety nine if you go if you say look at the politics of the three of us are going to say it's evil. safely that was

. all of this rationale still relied upon but widely questioned it. was a great series of surveyors with all those it is very. curious to see if. this is a real here's a serious the engine of that machine both get in now a no fly zone fueled in libya by the additional all necessary measures where the line between the enemy in a foreign land and its civilians often gets blurred. did in yugoslavia with thousands of people killed and close to one million displaced after the war when they did it count they found the u.s. nato bombs had destroyed fourteen tanks and seventy four king tanks. they had also by four hundred thirty seven schools a similar scenario is now predicted in libya obama vows the anti could after war

will last these are not weeks that was the field plan and yugoslavia bombings lasted two and a half months they think that a quick bit of bombing will sort the matter out but in fact i think they will find that it will last far longer than they have gambled for twelve years on serbia still remembers the losses inflicted by u.s. nato bombings the u.s. is now involved in its fourth attack before a nation in the same twelve years. new york. and later today are the libyan conflict in crosstalk was debate over concerns nato involvement could become a history of repeat. u.s. british foreign policy objectives would be the removal of duffy's regime u.n. security council resolution one hundred seventy three four short of that clearly but it does have the mandate in the open ended mandate to protect civilians so that's what much of this comes down to and that's what i do from the top of this

debate about the end state and all the controversy flowing from that but frankly i think if we look at previous no fly zones there are remarkably ineffective. fly zones of those near chiefs compared to the little fly zone over iraq did have better achievements but look at the length of time that these operations went on for. the new three hundred euro over south of libya and other issues that grassy knolls possible international bailout from portugal dominated talks from nearby police use water cannons to disperse crowds of protesters. thirty cuts are to then why so has more on the right as well. no more layoffs no to pay cuts no retirement message from twenty thousand angry demonstrators pushed back with water cannons and pepper spray by riot police the protesters tried to get through to e.u. leaders meeting in brussels to slash spending this money was made. to be used for

social security. to be used for the health not throw the baby when you're being. moved to take ground because of the prison there goes across europe voters are saying no more measures portugal's prime minister has quit after paula good voted down a fresh round of cuts because she has three months left to repay almost ten billion euro at a time when its sovereign credit rating has been caught and lizzie the only option left is national default to toland as the country called pay back its loans or accept an e.u. bailout similar to greece and ireland it has now been the worst since the second world war but the longer you postpone this necessary evil. the more costly it is is going to be at the same time military intervention in libya is costing hundreds

of millions of euro and many a furious what they see as an unnecessary and expensive campaign somebody asked the . finance minister about the financing of this and i think the overwhelming sense that you got from among the public in britain with skepticism with millions unemployed across europe people losing patience with politicians who seem out of touch with reality increasingly familiar sights on the streets of the e.u. is government built tightening leads growing numbers while too. the big question is no good time to spend the money available when he should be done you can sure altie grocers. to japan now where the countryside is the core of reactions three of the fukushima nuclear power plant may have been damaged the operation there has been suspended as a development could lead to further radiation leaks are just the latest from japan . it's been exactly two weeks since an earthquake then

a powerful tsunami devastated the fukushima nuclear power plant and japanese engineers still haven't been able to neutralize the threat we have received news that the integrity of one of the cause of the reactors has been compromised meaning that radiation cannot possibly leak out this is a troublesome reactor number three this is a reactor which operates on plutonium it's also the reactor which emitted smoke over the past few days perhaps these were early indicators of what has just been reported as well there has been a lot of controversy about the exact danger which is close to the people for outside the plant the government immediately after the accident instituted a twenty kilometer evacuation zone now they're planning to extend this to thirty kilometer evacuation zone they're saying that this is not in any way linked to any specific danger they're simply saying that the infrastructure in that area is damaged and they're trying to improve the quality of life of those people around

the station at the same time the scientific authorities have been giving a different message they're saying that the radiation has spread and anybody who is in the thirty kilometer area around the plant may receive a yearly dose of radiation in just one day a lot of the attention has been directed to the dangers of radiation the dangers of the nuclear plant disaster the great it all has been as a result of the quake and tsunami more than ten thousand people have already been declared dead and seventeen thousand people are still missing and the chance of those missing people being found alive falls with every single day. another natural disaster has hit for the west on the continent in myanmar six point eight magnitude earthquake has left over fifty dead the quake struck around lunchtime on thursday and was centered close to the border with thailand over one hundred buildings were destroyed and grows have been closed in thailand the tremors cause residents to flee their. and one woman died when

a brick wall collapsed and. protesters in syria planned to hold a day of dignity on friday to expand demonstrations across the country plans come just white president bashar al assad pledging to grant people greater political freedoms and raise public pay in the southern city of iraq thousands of people continue to rally against the forty gain rule of the ba'ath party activists claim that dozens have been shot dead and many arrested in a security clampdown over the last few days. u.s. soldier is seeking political asylum in germany after serving an american military base if extradited to his home country he could face life in prison or even the death penalty or she's going to get or in the center of the scandal. the very thing we've seen. for example of opec's the ecos it was really good for me my personal favorite was the rollercoasters. if you could come schools that.

but for andre chaperonage his life has become one giant rollercoaster four years ago he deserted the u.s. army causing all the way to his native plead lands for rapper his mom cried with pride when he volunteered for the army but after a six month tour of duty in iraq andrei walked talk a u.s. base in germany and never returned or anything that anyone could possibly imagine in terms of war crimes that were committed for world history the american forces have done this and are continuing to do this on the daily basis for soldiers were being attacked from somewhere where they didn't know where so they just shot right and then when a different direction after hiding out for more than a year andre shepherd surfaced he married a german security himself support from a number of human rights organizations and is now officially seeking asylum tucked away on the border of germany and austria leak kimsey has long been popular with

holiday makers but now the ideal exports may also go down in history as the whole of the first u.s. the iraq war veteran granted political asylum to become this first is not going to be easy though germany is the main staging post for the u.s. military with around sixty thousand u.s. troops stationed there each year some of those soldiers though anyone and get picked up by the police the pressure is very high on germany and i'm very often said in his speeches he's so sorry about that you know it's putting so much pressure on the german government also we really love this country so much andrea will argue of course the war in iraq was a complete fraud but lawyers say he has little chance of winning these legal war with the u.s. it's particularly. more difficult if there's

a war such is the. war in afghanistan for example war in iraq war where it was not a popular war and if we just started having droves of soldiers deciding on their own that they were no longer going to become a member of the united states military apparatus we have a problem and so there are very harsh penalties for wife and clothing the possibility of their mainstream media in the so-called coalition countries are not in a hurry to give andriy a say either the major corporations like the b.b.c. c.n.n. what would happen is that if i say anything that was controversial or would go against the government line he would be completely censored andras says he's ready for the battle of his life claiming there was no just a vacation for the war in iraq but he had meets he's honestly pretty slope. archie

but now i'm keen germany. business is next here in our. day with us. thanks and he said the arctic exploration an asset swap deal between oil majors b.p. and russia's state run rosneft announced in january it has been blocked by a so-called arbitration tribunals the case was brought by a.a. are the russian shareholders of t. and k d p and the existing partners of the british well company in russia now to discuss what this means for the parties involved we're now joined by ben ara senator in chief of business new europe ben thank you so much for being with us again pleasure so the russian shareholders they've always wanted to get in on this deal what's their next step do you think well it's all came as a bit of a surprise i mean with the rosner b.p. deal was a key one for the kremlin is part of their energy strategy and then out of the blue comes team k p p complaining about this however i mean from the beginning there was

an issue of the shareholders' agreement between on t.n.t. and b.p. and the moment it looks like b.p. here is a bit guilty of playing games by russian rules and so much as you know they're the ones guilty of corporate governance they've chosen to ignore an issue with this agreement with their existing partners in k. and got ahead and idea with the powers that be and you can see why it's two of them in russia already accounts for the lion's share of p.p.s. or are there going forwards you know russia is the place where all the world's going to be found and elsewhere too in lng reserves and so throwing themselves in with the kremlin who couldn't the state owned company ross ness who can actually provide them access to or is for them very important but it's throws up the question of you know how do you do things in russia due to a power play do deals with the kremlin or do you do it rule of law stick to see how the agreement which is still it now stands firm when it comes to negotiating terms and participating as you know they've certainly got themselves

a position and so much as you know this deal has been frozen but then on their side it's a bit disingenuous work and so much as you know here they are. meaning corporate governance shareholders agreement and yet the other guards who control t. and k. . will only choose to from a shot agreements when it suits them i mean if you think back a few years i mean certainly the head of b.p. himself was actually forced out of the company and had to leave russia and seeing today through a whole bunch of dirty tricks up here in order to squeeze them out and that he they are by during the government and b.p. to get back in the deal what kind of other partners do you think ross neff may consider for the steel well there's a deadline fourteenth i think after which this deal expires so we have a window here of about three weeks where the warring parties could come to some deal if they don't then the deal of operates and there's no upside either for beeping or fourteen k. so it's possible that it will resolve it relatively quickly if they don't then the

game opens up and it's possible but you could bring in another company well what do you say what's the this doing to b.p.'s image especially after that gulf spill story it's not good but i think at the end of the day they're focused mainly on oil when the company and exists action and they need those reserves and those reserves are here in russia and copious amounts and so i think we're focused on that at the end of the day or as a commodity i mean people you put it in confidence mark it doesn't matter where it comes from so it's always there producing oil they're making money and that's the bottom line finally do you think the russian government still has power to push this deal through well this is the interesting question i mean will they act is there going to be some payback for seeing k. if i make too much of a first. floor i mean for us to share our dream and count for anything and so the resolution of this will actually be very interesting as to how it actually plays out and whether it gets nasty. areas that are in chief of business new year thank

you so much for your comments and for your time. all right we have time to take a look at the markets now and start with european stocks b.p. shares opened lower one percent in early trading in london after the operation called block b.p. with this link up with ross now i could see an assets russia kicked off friday's session with a slight decline to take a look at the figures that the central bank decided to leave interest rates unchanged if you look at some of the stocks like b.p. rosneft is also low on the locked arctic deal is shedding one point three percent growth telecom however is up five point seven percent as it becomes the sole company to preserve rates in the information society state project which means we'll be receiving a lot of new contracts and that's all we have time for this hour we will be back next hour with an update stay with our team for the headlines with a nice. it's

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